How to Freeze Lima Beans
Hands down, our favorite homegrown garden veggie is Baby Lima Beans! I know that’s probably shocking to many of you… only because you’ve never had the joy of enjoying them fresh from the garden! Â I grew up enjoying homegrown baby lima beans from my grandmother’s garden. They were the highlight of each holiday dinner, bright green baby beans – slathered in real butter. Â My hubby was a lima bean virgin until his fist holiday at my grandmothers, he also fell in love with them at first bite!!
Of course when my husband and I moved in our house and were planning a garden, lima beans HAD to be included. Following my grandmother’s guidance, each year we plant heirloom King of the Garden Pole Lima Beans on the very same 4 pole tee-pees that she had used in her garden for 50+ years.
One of the most amazing attributes of homegrown lima beans is that they freeze beautifully. Â Enjoying homegrown, frozen lima beans in the middle of winter tastes the same as they do fresh from the vine!
Here’s How I Freeze Lima Beans:
1. Throughly rinse your shucked Lima Beans
2. Bring a pot of water to a boil
3. Add shucked lima beans
4. Return your water/lima beans to a boil. Blanch Lima Beans for 3 minutes
5. Drain your lima beans and rinse well with COLD water (to stop the cooking process)
6. Pack your blanched lima beans in BPA-Free plastic zipper bags with the air removed & freeze for up to a year
To serve your frozen lima beans, combine lima beans with water and bring to a boil. Begin testing your lima beans after 5 minutes. You want them to be completely cooked but not mushy. Serve with lots of real butter and sea salt! Enjoy!!
